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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL ROSENBLATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,320, datedSeptember 21, 1886.

Application filed J une l, 1886. Serial No. 203,712. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ROSENBLATT, of the city of New York, countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Soap-Frame, ofwhich the following specification is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a frame used by soap manufacturers to cool theliquid soap so as to be converted into blocks or frames of soap.

The invention has for its object to produce a light, inexpensive, andstrong metallic frame that may be readily taken apart and manipulated;and it consists in the various elements of improvement hereinafter morefully pointed out. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective View ofmyimproved soap-frame. Fig. 2 is a top view of the truck. Fig. 3 is asection on line as m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an outer face view of one of theend walls; Fig. 5, an-

inner face view of part of one of the side walls. Fig. 6 is a top viewof the soap-frame.

The letter a represents a truck provided at its upper side with fourgrooves that are adapted for the reception of the lower edges of twometal side walls, I), and two metal end walls, 0. The right and leftends of each side wall project beyond the end walls, as shown, and arereenforced by upright strips 6, Fig. 5, that form shoulders againstwhich the end walls rest, thus constituting proper joints. Each endwall, 0, is secured in place by means of bars f f, passing throughperforations d in side walls, the upper bars, f, being riveted to theend wall, while the lower bars, f, are detached therefrom. The upperriveted bar, f, prevents the end wall, a, from tilting both inwardly andoutwardly, while the other or detached bars, f, in conjunction withstrips 6, prevent such end wall from tilting outward only.

If the soap-frame is to be taken apart, the bars f are first withdrawn,and then the side walls are free to be raised and removed from thetruck. To hold the bars ff in place, and to firmly look all parts of theframe together, such bars have eyes formed at their ends for thereception of keys or wedges g.

h h are horizontal angle irons or plates riveted to the side walls, I),and preventing outward bulging of such side walls, while at the sametime constituting handles, by means of which the apparatus may be moreconveniently manipulated. V

In order to hold the frame tightly upon the truck a, I make use of twoadjustable clamping devices, which are adapted to be projected over theupper edge of walls'c and the ends of truck a.

Each clamping device consists of a rod, 1,

which is bent into hook shape at its lower end and has a screw-threadedupper end. A perforated plate, j, passed over rod t, is provided withtwo lugs, k k, projecting downward from its inner edge, and with twoinwardly-bent hooks, Z Z, projecting downwardly from its outer edge.These hooks are adapted to bear against side walls, a, and serve to keepthe locking device in a proper upright position.

m is a perforated handle, screw-threaded to engage upper part of rod o.

In use, the clamp is put in position and the handle is revolved, therebylowering plate 7' until it is tightly held against upper edge of wall 0.In this way all the parts of the frame are properlyjoined. To take theentire frame apart the clamps are removed, the bars f are withdrawn, andfinally the side wallsand end walls are lifted from the truck.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a soap-frame, of agrooved truck, a, with side walls, I), and end walls, 0, the transversebars f, riveted to said end walls, 0, and passing through openings (2 din the side walls, I), and secured by keys 9, substantially asspecified.

2. The. combination of truck a with end walls, 0, side walls, I), andlockingbarsf, and with the rod t, handle m, and plate j, having lugs kand hooks l, substantially as specified.

SAML. ROSENBLATT.

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F. v. BRIESEN, R0131. H. ROY.

